jw3571 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I know looks is only a small percentage of what makes a great guitar, but I like my acoustics to have a little bit of bling like some of the high end Taylors and Martins. Besides the Doves in Flight, are there any other models that bling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 J-45 Vine, J-45 Tree of Life - are some customs that come to mind - for standards I think of a few gawdy SJ-200s - most of the bling seems to be in pick guards, me thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 This is as blingy as I've ventured so far. http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/Super-Jumbo/Gibson-Acoustic/J-200-Custom.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacamartin Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 My L-130;;;;;;;;;;;;;beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryn6490 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Try a Gibson "King of the flat tops" Just the right amount of bling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike tango Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I think my western classic J200 has the bling thing going on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 And the Dove. And the Hummer (hummingbord). J185. Not to mention the L3 Century. Enough pearloid to make Christian Friedrich Martin blush (cant speak for Bob Taylor). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Gibsons are often criticized for having too much bling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherofpearl Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 My L-130;;;;;;;;;;;;;beautiful! I agree!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonjunkie Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I once had the chance to play a J-200 Custom Vine at the Nashville Gibson store that had a retail price of $40,000. It had a lot of bling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry K Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 The Century of Progress guitar is kind of blingy. The fretboard is so spacey looking that it is very easy to get lost! The Nick Lucas Special is blingy in an understated way. When you look closely there are all sorts of bindings and rosettes and shell and lucky charm fretboard inlays and flamey spots... All the ones with engraved pickguards like J-200, Dove, Hummingbird etc Commonly found bling elements: bound fretboards, bird's beak end to the fretboard near the sound-hole, bound sound-hole, inlays on the bridge, multiple bindings and purflings, back strip, stinger neck, multi-part neck, fancy headstock inlays, tulip tuners, mustache bridge with single or double ribbon... what else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Will this one do ye? http://www.thomann.d...250_monarch.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gov Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I think my western classic J200 has the bling thing going on for my money the perfect amount of "bling" whilst doing so classily. If I were interested in a 200, this would be the one i would save for hands down. deserves a picture: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunningham26 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I'd venture to say this Master Museum is about as bling as it gets. Better count your arms and legs before you call, you're gonna need to sell a lot of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The G Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I knew this would happen. ….."unleash the Bling !" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yggdrasil Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I've had a couple: Currently a 1995 J45 Deluxe - abalone rosette, top purfling and bella voce inlays: 95 J45 Deluxe: Click for pics And formerly a 94 Starburst Custom (built by John Walker), with wildly quilted maple top back & sides, starburst inlays, abalone rosette, top purfling, that I called "Der Blingle": 94 Starburst: Click for Pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
music4love Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 The Hummingbird line, especially the Custom Koa is full of bling. Perfectly done imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson101 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Here's my SJ-300 I think it has just the right amount of bling. Any more and I find it a little distracting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 My blingy Gibson acoustics are there on the bottom row--a J-45 Custom Rosewood Vine and J-185 Custom Vine. Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 1930's Sj 200 replica : 75th Ann J 200M Century Of Progress : JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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